How to Install and Uninstall fonts-ipafont-mincho Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "fonts-ipafont-mincho" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install fonts-ipafont-mincho on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fonts-ipafont-mincho" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fonts-ipafont-mincho on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fonts-ipafont-mincho package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fonts-ipafont-mincho
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Installed-Size: 15812
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Source: fonts-ipafont
Version: 00303-13ubuntu1
Replaces: otf-ipafont-mincho (<< 00303-1)
Provides: fonts-japanese-mincho
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~)
Recommends: fonts-ipafont-gothic
Breaks: otf-ipafont (<= 00301-4), otf-ipafont-mincho (<< 00303-1), ttf-ipafont (<= 00203-13)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-ipafont/fonts-ipafont-mincho_00303-13ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 4725146
MD5sum: 9f68a4a637e2e6e62e86261f4f1a0a1c
SHA1: 1e562e8bad7770e89585fe2e38c57c4084b61720
SHA256: 0f959f6eb9758a9f4a02c65d9250a19ba0ce02e2fe04856ff9148e8e4d8d18f4
Description-en: Japanese OpenType font set, IPA Mincho font
IPAfont is a Japanese OpenType, a scalable font which was developed to
supersede both the TrueType and the Type 1 ("PostScript") font formats,
font set that is provided by Information-technology Promotion Agency,
Japan (IPA).
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IPAfont is an outline font set suitable for both display and printing.
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It comes with 2 styles in it. Equal-width and propotional styles
are provided for Mincho (serif) style. It is known for its quality and
formal style and consists of IPA Mincho and IPA P Mincho.
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It covers practically every characters used in Japanese business
environments, i.e. about 11,000 characters based on JIS X 0213:2004.
Description-md5: 18ed86abaa822df064d1c7e256237048
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://ossipedia.ipa.go.jp/ipafont/index.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu